Nigeria has a huge population of over 200 million people, twice more than the populations of Zimbabwe and South Africa combined. The entire population of Nigeria depends on staple foods produced from farms and other farm produces for their daily meals and sustenance. More than 80 percent of Nigerians buy their farm produce from the market.
Nigeria has large expanses of fertile land measuring about 910,770 sq, km. The land area of any country is the country’s total area, excluding areas that are considered to be water bodies. So, Nigeria has one of the biggest expanses of Land in Africa of which 70 percent is available for farming.
Nigerian Government is seriously turning its attention to promoting farming in Nigeria to help boost food productions in the country and minimize food importation. The government is willing but when human rights enhancement is hampered automatically economic development is drastically interrupted. Development itself is defeated. Assistance would be that human rights is enhanced. Assurance of safety before supporting farming entrepreneur/investors with the necessary logistics and financial incentives.
Nigeria is speculated to have the highest purchasing power in Africa, far more than any other indigenous Africans. We buy things here and we pay cash. Talk about edible consumption, West Africans consume a lot.
By the time the Nigerian government attain its full capacity utilization in agriculture, farming will become a great foreign currency earner more than the oil. The implication is that Nigerian farmers will be able to earn in Naira and in Dollars as well as other foreign currencies.
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